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The lateralization of arithmetic and number processing: a review.

G A Troup, J L Bradshaw, N C Nettleton

    The International Journal of Neuroscience
    |May 1, 1983
    PubMed
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    Numerical processing involves both brain hemispheres, with the right hemisphere potentially playing a key role in spatial aspects of calculation. This review examines evidence from various studies on brain lateralization in number tasks.

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    Area of Science:

    • Neuroscience
    • Cognitive Psychology
    • Psycholinguistics

    Background:

    • Number processing and calculation engage complex cognitive operations.
    • These operations may involve both semantic and ideographic processing.
    • A spatial component is frequently integrated into numerical tasks.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To review evidence for right hemisphere involvement in numerical cognition.
    • To explore the role of spatial processing in calculation.
    • To investigate laterality effects in number processing.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of studies involving clinical cases (e.g., brain damage).
    • Analysis of data from commissurotomy patients (split-brain studies).
    • Examination of findings from experiments with neurologically normal subjects.

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    Main Results:

    • Evidence suggests the right hemisphere contributes to numerical tasks, particularly those with spatial elements.
    • Calculation can involve overlearned algorithms and associative memory.
    • Spatial recoding of numbers into analog magnitudes may involve right hemisphere mechanisms.

    Conclusions:

    • The right hemisphere plays a significant, though often overlooked, role in calculation and number processing.
    • Understanding brain lateralization is crucial for comprehending numerical cognition.
    • Further research should explore analogous laterality effects in other cognitive domains, like alphabetic comparisons.